Episode 390 - Practicing Defiant Joy in Suffering with Margaret Feinberg
How do you find joy when the diagnosis feels devastating? How can you become the joyful person God calls you to be—even in the midst of your deepest pain?
Author Margaret Feinberg was nearing the completion of a book on joy when she received a life-altering diagnosis: aggressive cancer. What followed was a profound season of wrestling—an honest, raw search to understand what joy truly means when suffering feels overwhelming. Through that journey, Margaret discovered a deeper, more authentic belief about joy: that it can be a defiant act of worship in the darkest valleys. And when we choose to give joy away—even when we don't feel it—our own joy can begin to grow.
In the midst of her pain, Margaret encountered the transformative power and presence of the Holy Spirit. Her latest book, The God You Need to Know: Experience the Holy Spirit’s Power and Presence Today, invites readers to experience that same presence no matter what they’re walking through.
In this uplifting conversation, Davey and Margaret discuss how to truly show up for others in ways that heal rather than hurt, where joy can be found in suffering, and how to navigate the lingering fear that often follows hardship.
If you're in a season where joy feels distant, this episode will encourage you to see that even small acts of sharing joy with others can help awaken it in your own heart as you walk through suffering.
“You can either cling to the crisis or you can cling to Christ. But you do not have arms big enough for both.”
-Margaret Feinberg
Website: margaretfeinberg.com/
Instagram: instagram.com/mafeinberg
Facebook: facebook.com/margaretfeinberg/
Book: The God You Need to Know: Experience the Holy Spirit's Power and Presence Today
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